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Choosing the right CMS for your website

PharWeb builds websites with Joomla, our default choice for professional websites, but also with WordPress, PrestaShop and Shopify. The CMS is chosen to suit the project: type of website, desired autonomy, business features and maintenance budget. We then handle hosting, security and monitoring, whatever solution is chosen.

Choosing a CMS is a decisive step in building a website: it determines its structure, its scope for growth, its security and its performance. Beyond the CMS, a website relies on a whole set of technologies: development, design, graphics, content and media.

Which CMS for which project?

Four solutions, four uses. This comparison sums up what we recommend for each type of project.

Our default choice

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Joomla

Ideal for: business, institutional and multilingual websites, member areas
  • StrengthsFine-grained user permissions, rich native structure
  • Watch out forNeeds a provider who knows it well
  • HostingYour server or ours
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WordPress

Ideal for: blogs, editorial websites, simple showcase websites
  • StrengthsQuick to learn, very widespread
  • Watch out forSecurity depends on the number of extensions
  • HostingYour server or ours
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PrestaShop

Ideal for: product shops
  • StrengthsNative catalogue, orders, payments and shipping
  • Watch out forUpdates and modules need monitoring
  • HostingYour server or ours
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Shopify

Ideal for: a shop that is quick to launch, with no technical management
  • StrengthsTurnkey hosted solution
  • Watch out forMonthly subscription, limited customisation
  • HostingWith Shopify

Our CMSs in detail

Joomla is a robust, structuring CMS, particularly suited to professional and institutional websites and to projects that require advanced features. It allows fine-grained management of content, users and access rights, and provides a reliable foundation for scalable, multilingual websites or websites with built-in business components.

Joomla is often favoured for projects that need clear organisation, good maintainability and controlled evolution over time.

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The CMS is only a starting point

A CMS does not make a website on its own. It is a foundation on which many technical and functional layers are added. The final quality of the website depends as much on the CMS as on the way it is configured, extended and integrated into a consistent whole.

Content & media Design & experience Extensions & development CMS: the foundation Hosting & security

What makes a good website, beyond the CMS

The CMS is only a foundation. The quality of a website also depends on everything built around it.

Custom development

A CMS does not make a website on its own: it is enriched with technical layers suited to your business.

  • Web languages (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP)
  • Specific and custom development
  • Integration of dedicated components or extensions
  • Connections to external services (APIs, payments, business tools)
  • Optimisation of performance and technical structure

Design & user experience

Design and graphics play a central role in how a website is perceived. They reflect the company’s identity while ensuring smooth, intuitive navigation. Good design is not just about looks: it makes information easier to reach.

  • Graphic design consistent with the existing brand guidelines
  • Clear ergonomics and user journeys (UX/UI)
  • Responsive: computer, tablet and mobile

Visual content & media

Photos, illustrations, videos or graphic elements must be adapted to the web, optimised and consistent with the message conveyed. Specific work is often needed:

  • Image optimisation for the web
  • Visual consistency of media
  • Multimedia integration without hurting performance

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A scalable approach

The technologies chosen must allow the website to evolve: new features, graphic redesign, new services or new uses. A well-thought-out architecture from the start avoids dead ends.

  • Adapt to new web technologies
  • Follow your visitors’ habits
  • Keep up with changes to the CMS core
  • A long-lasting project: a current, updatable foundation

Frequently asked questions

Joomla for a structured website with several editors, private areas or several languages; WordPress for a simple editorial website. We advise you after discussing your needs.